Stephen Miller seeks Judge Cannon's OK to intervene in Trump documents gag order dispute
Raw StoryThe ink has only just dried on U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon's rejection of a bid by Republican state attorneys general to intervene against special counsel Jack Smith's request for a gag order on former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case — and now another Trump ally is trying it himself, reported Law & Crime. "America First Legal Foundation, like the AGs that U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon rejected, advanced the argument that the special counsel’s attempt to modify Trump’s pretrial release conditions by imposing a gag order and 'prior restraint' on speech during his reelection campaign 'practically ignores' the First Amendment," reported Matt Naham. Smith is seeking the gag order due to Trump's promotion of conspiracy theories that the FBI was trying to assassinate him during their search for classified documents at his country club, based on boilerplate deadly force guidelines in the search warrant that are added to every FBI operation. “But the government falls far short of overcoming the constitutional scrutiny that applies to its request for a prior restraint on President Trump’s speech.” America First Legal has been involved in a number of politically-charged cases on behalf of far-right causes, including to strike down a Biden administration program to assist historically oppressed Black farmers as racist against white farmers.